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SB347 • 2026

Cities and towns; restricting certain municipal powers. Effective date.

Cities and towns; restricting certain municipal powers. Effective date.

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Sponsor
Hicks
Last action
2025-02-13
Official status
Placed on General Order
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Cities and towns; restricting certain municipal powers. Effective date.

Cities and towns; restricting certain municipal powers.

What This Bill Does

  • Cities and towns; restricting certain municipal powers.
  • Effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 347 (Senate): Introduced (1/6/2025)

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-02-13 Senate

    Placed on General Order

  2. 2025-02-11 Senate

    Reported Do Pass as amended Local and County Government committee; CR filed

  3. 2025-02-11 Senate

    Title stricken

  4. 2025-02-04 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Local and County Government

  5. 2025-02-03 Senate

    First Reading

  6. 2025-02-03 Senate

    Authored by Senator Hicks

Official Summary Text

Cities and towns; restricting certain municipal powers. Effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 347 (Senate): Introduced (1/6/2025)

Current Bill Text

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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
February 11, 2025
AS AMENDED

SENATE BILL NO. 347 By: Hicks

[ cities and towns - regulations - municipal powers -
effective date ]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 11 O.S. 2021, Section 43-103, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 43-103. A. Municipal regulations as to buildings,
structures, and land shall be made in accordance with a
comprehensive plan and be designed to accomplish any of the
following objectives:
1. To lessen congestion in the streets;
2. To secure safety from fire, panic, and other dangers;
3. To promote health and the general welfare, including the
peace and quality of life of the district;
4. To provide adequate light and air;
5. To prevent the overcrowding of land;
6. To promote historical preservation;
7. To avoid undue concentration of population; or

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8. To facilitate the adequate provision of transportation,
water, sewerage, schools, parks, and other public requirements.
The regulations shall be made with reasonable consideration, among
other things, as to the character of the district and its peculiar
suitability for particular uses, and with a view to conserving the
value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land
throughout the municipality. The governing body shall not implement
minimum parking requirements while implementing the provisions of
this section.
B. The governing body shall provide the manner in which
regulations, restrictions, and district boundaries shall be
determined, established, and enforced, and amended, supplemented, or
changed.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON LOCAL AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT
February 11, 2025 - DO PASS AS AMENDED